~ALINA’S POV~ She was stunning. Tall, blonde, flawless in a surgically enhanced, high-maintenance kind of way. Her designer heels clicked on the floor as she stepped into view like she was walking a runway. She tilted her head, eyeing me up and down like I was dirt under her Louboutins. “We meet again,” she said sweetly, though her tone dripped with venom and barely masked superiority. I arched a brow. Already? I rolled my eyes and turned to walk past her. I wasn’t in the mood. But of course, she wasn’t done. She grabbed my arm with a sharp tug. Her nails dug into my skin. “I’m talking to you,” she snapped, tossing her long blonde hair over her shoulder like a whip. The guards flinched, one of them already stepping forward to intervene. “Don’t you dare touch me!” she barked at t

